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April 30, 2014

I can’t believe how time flies that I’m already 14weeks post, which means 4 more weeks to go before I self relax again. There is a popular show been held every year in Barbados for the Reggae festival but I decided to attend Reggae on the hill for the first time even though it has been happening for the last 10years. I am a Jahcure fan and since the line up for the show looked promising and Jahcure was performing I decided to go. Here how I planned to wear my hair for this event which I will rock for the balance of the week:

April 28, 2014

I just realized I never formally shared my hair story with you guys to let you know how my healthy hair journey began.

I have always had thick hair as a child and my mom relaxed my hair for my 10th Birthday party[no pics sorry] and I can't remember the length, I just knew it was long but I don't think as long as APLbut I could be wrong. I changed my hairdresser because it was convenient for me, but eventually it was detrimental to my hair as I spent my early teenage years with her. My hairdresser always hot curled my hair and always gave me a cut instead of a trim, but what has me upset is how she used to trim/ cut my hair after every relaxer. She would just part a piece of my hair, clip another piece, and then clip so in effect none of my hair was the same length and couldn't fit into a ponytail anymore. I remember one year I was travelling to Trinidad with the cadets for a camp and I got my hair relaxed just before I left to avoid stress with my hair. Boy was that a bad decision, I literally had to put water in my hair to drag it into one.

My mom then became my hairdresser and since she didn't know much about hair my hair was always over-process, dry and damaged[thank goodness for knowledge now] At the age of 18, I decided it’s time to find a real hairdresser to take care of my hair so I went to this hairdresser and I loved how my hair looked. I went back in two weeks to get a treatment done and all she wanted to do was a treatment, blow dry, and put my hair in one. That didn't go down very well with me because I wanted her to re-invent the previous hairstyle she did on me and she said to me"that would take up too much time and plus I have other clients to do," like seriously am I not a payingcustomer, let’s just say I never went back to her ever again. Here are some pictures to show my damaged hair over the years.

April 22, 2014

I have been getting a lot
of questions about how to care for relaxed hair, I don’t claim to be a
specialist nor am I a license stylist, however I can share with you what I have
learned so far and what has worked and not worked for me. The word ‘journey’
could be intimidating to some people as they may believe it will take FOREVER
to reach to their goals. Therefore some of you may not want to be on a hardcore
hair journey and thus, just want to practice healthy hair practices for many
reasons such as: Bra Strap Length hair may be overwhelming to take care of and
you may love rocking your hair in a bob but prefer your hair to be thick and luxurious
so you don’t need to include weave tracks to add volume to your hair. Therefore
you prefer healthy hair over length and that’s fine. For those of you who want
to start a healthy hair journey, let’s go on this journey together to grow our
hair to its healthiest state whilst gaining lengths beyond our imaginations.

The basic things you will need to purchase to start a healthy hair journey are:

April 17, 2014

It’s no secret that I opt to do buns first before any other protective style especially for work. They are so neat and classy. They can be worn on almost all angles of your head. You can have a side bun, middle bun, high bun, low bun and the list goes on with how creative you can get. Feel free to add a side twist or braid to add some character to your face.

If you haven’t seen it yet check out how I do my buns below:

All of my buns aren’t always neat but they don’t have to be perfect. You will be surprise how well a style might turn out when its alil messy.

April 16, 2014

[1] Scalp massage with Extra Virgin Olive Oil with (warmed) for 4mins. Applied EVOO to the rest my hair for 30mins with heat.

[2] I let my hair cool for 3mins and applied this mixture seen above on top of the oil applied. My aim was to have a balanced deep conditioner as oppose to just moisture or protein. Went under my heat cap for 45mins.I hair felt so moisturized but yet strong which was the effect I was going for.

[3] Wrapped my hair in a T-shirt for 1hour to dry. Once my hair was 80% dry I sprayed all of my roots with Mane n Tail detangler. Then applied my leave in conditioner of Aussie Moist

April 13, 2014

Although I love my pink,
purple and red lipsticks, orange is another colour I needed in my
collection. It’s important to find the
right shade to compliment your complexion because orange is such a bold and sometimes scary colour to pull off.

April 08, 2014

I am
currently 11 weeks post relaxer and having left some texture on the top half of
my hair, I can see my true hair texture.Its extremely tight coiled which makes some pretty waves once slicked
down with some gel. I’ll say 4A, Take a look and tell me what you think:

April 01, 2014

If you have been reading
my recent wash day posts, you would have noticed I have been skipping getting
in and out the shower twice. I have been experimenting as well as laziness
kicked in as well. Take a look at what my regular wash day looks like:

Take a look at the slight changes I have made so far:

Method 1[1] Detangle my hairScalp massage for 5mins
with Extra Virgin Coconut Oil[2] Deep condition on dry hair
with a moisturizing or a mixture of both Moisture & Protein conditioner for
30-45mins with heat

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